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Carpodacus purpureus
One of the many visitors to our bird feeder on Salt Spring Island
Spotted on Jun 11, 2010
Submitted on Jan 15, 2013
4 Comments
Sweet
Thanks!
This could also be added to the Breeding Birds of BC Mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9990...
Thanks!
Hi Ron! This looks like a male Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, from the way the raspberry runs all down the wings and back too. Nice spotting.